So melancholy as today would have been my late, great friend Stephen’s 61st birthday. Sadly he joined the choir in August 2018 😞 My birthday follows in 2 weeks and I always rang him on the 9th to rub it in that I was, for a short while, 2 weeks younger 👏 Bless him💓

I’m sure this would make a brilliant Pet Shop Boys album title 👏

Fab tap in my garden. I was about to check if the water flowed when a family of incy wincy spiders dangled down from its interior to grab a glimpse of a humid summer day. Fragile athletics on a teetering web. Bugger. I haven’t the heart to evict these sweet creatures with a full on tap tsunami 💕

Early heads up. I am going to host another workshop for @ukeig.bsky.social @garyjhorrocks.bsky.social September 30th - 12-2pm. Words and Sound - Using blogs and podcasts to disseminate research to diverse audiences Details to come- follow UKeiG or watch this space www.cilip.org.uk/events/event...

We’ve transitioned 40 years from Band Aid to Banned Aid. Good old Ian Hislop who articulated the bitter irony of the situation on tonight’s #bbcpm #GazaStarving

Fabulous 👏 Me, the BBC and Oasis

Whirlwind work visit to my hometown of Manchesterford. Squeezed in a steak and kidney pudding with hard core chips, gravy, mushy peas, L S Lowry… and my old mate of 56 years or so Paula 👏

✨️📚🖤 Thank you so much @ukeig.bsky.social for allowing me to attend #CILILConf25 ! So many important, fascinating, interesting and entertaining sessions with wonderful people! @cilip.bsky.social

Inspiring words from Sue Bryant, opening #cilipconf25 "A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor"

Some of the best library events I've ever been to have opened with a poem. This is one. Thankyou Rishi 🙏 #cilipconf25

Brilliant keynote speech from Sebastian Cuttill at #CILIPConf25 on "the power of advocacy", putting forward a forceful argument for fighting back against allowing the AI agenda of "predominantly U.S-based tech firms to dictate our future". Am excited for the rest of the day!

Quality panel debate at #cilipconf25 - AI, creative rights, ethics and more

Such an immense pleasure to meet @ukeig.bsky.social’s two conference bursary winners Imogen and Prabina this morning. A great feeling spreading the joy of library, information and knowledge management 👏 @cilip.bsky.social #cilipconf25

Fabulous #CILIP conference first day (and night) yesterday. So much food for thought, and I ingested it like a hoover👏 Bring on day 2 @cilip.bsky.social #cilipconf25

Birmingham knows I’m here 🌈👏😊 @cilip.bsky.social

A shout out to the great CILIP team on the morning of their two day annual conference in Birmingham. I have coffee, a biro and notebook and am raring to go. There’s old fashioned for you 👏@cilip.bsky.social

Donalbain in bloody Macbeth! My father the king was dead and I skipped on saying ‘what is amiss?’ The producer sighed and said, ‘we’re not doing the Polanski version dear. It’s not a game show.’ I begged them to put me in a comedy. Bloody Shakespeare

To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die #JudyGarland

Bloody hell. Must we descend into this quagmire of bullshit. We’re staring WW3 in the eye for goodness sake 😔

My office at King’s College School of Medicine & Dentistry in the early 1990s. It was in the Pepperpot building in Camberwell, South London at the famous hospital site. I sunbathed on the roof. The posters tell a tale of the info industry as it was back then @cilip.bsky.social @ukeig.bsky.social

There’s an essential truth to this, played out decades on with the ascendancy of disruptive #AI. That sense of anxiety, angst and our library, information and knowledge profession’s immediate response to get to grips @cilip.bsky.social @ukeig.bsky.social @nedpotter.bsky.social @colric.bsky.social

The new edition of our Impact magazine is out today. This edition is jam packed with interesting articles and information. Members can read this via our mailing list or website. If you are not a member why not consider joining? Information can be found here www.colric.org.uk/join-colric #FE

Easter joy 💓🌈

I must get into the habit of using this …

Yeh!

Such a joy to experience police protection to protect old relics 😆👏

My late, loved bessie mate David Perry with #LesDawson way back. Talk of the North ? nightclub I think. Les had a mini fridge loaded with bottles of scotch. He said he wanted to play King Lear

‘Mother and father would have had to tie me down, apply handcuffs and put a straight jacket on me to have kept me from becoming a performer.’ Grab a copy 🌈 #YoursRetro #JudyGarland

Classic 👏

Very much enjoyed @garyjhorrocks.bsky.social take on Twitter X-iting and the joys of Bluesky, here: cdn.ymaws.com/www.cilip.or...

Delighted to be hosting @nedpotter.bsky.social for a repeat of his popular course on everything @bsky.app this Friday lunchtime (March 21st). You can book a place via the @ukeig.bsky.social web site. Ned’s depth of knowledge on this ascending social media platform is inspiring 👏 @cilip.bsky.social

Happy St P’s 👏

All time gorgeous #JudyGarland favourite 💋

Big love ❤️

One has to 🤭

This hits the stands in the UK on Thursday and is available to purchase internationally online. A labour of love to write this. Such a difficult subject, but done with respect and affection 💕 #YoursRetro

Growing old gracefully 💋

Homage to #TonyBennett and #JudyGarland 👏

Trinket picking MGM style 🌈 #JudyGarland

Starmer’s visit to Washington wasn’t a diplomatic triumph. It was appeasement. The 1930s all over again. The US is turning evil under the horrendous orange narcissist.

It was a labour of love to write this article. Perhaps the most difficult subject to analyse. I approached it with trepidation but walked away with joy. Mums and daughters. Sons and mums. We’ve all walked similar paths. It’s out March 13th #YoursRetro #JudyGarland

Popped out for a yoghurt 😊

👏 #AI backlash. Save our music. I pity younger generations who will never know their arses from their elbows when it comes to real or fake ‘Artists release silent album in protest at AI copyright proposals’

All good wishes for a happy weekend. Don’t let anyone get you down. Hang on in there 💋🌈 #JudyGarland

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Horrendous AI nonsense 🤣

My old mate Doncaster

Mama behind the curtain. A private family moment in Chelsea, 1960 #JudyGarland

My all time favourite photograph of #JudyGarland in A Star Is Born. The perils of auditions and interviews 😊 Anyone fancy seeing my portfolio? Happy Sunday

The great #JudyGarland doing a spot of weekend decorating